Workers have been busy framing up the site.
Tag: buildings
City of Roses Motel: Metal and Wood. (Plus wall going up.)
Hey, it’s a picture in daylight! You can see the bottom floor (I assume there will be additional stories) is almost totally framed up. (Is framed up a term?)
What interests me is that the second half of the lot is not being framed with wood, but instead these metal poles are appearing. I think the wood-framed part will be two-story townhouses and the metal posts are the first part in a larger building, maybe four to six stories? It’s kind of fun not having a picture of the completed project posted on the fencing. This way the construction is a guessing game for me.
And here is a wall going up! After I took these pictures I turned to walk the rest of the way to the Max stop and found that a flagger was watching me with an amused expression on her face.
City of Roses Motel: More framing.
They’ve been making progress. I’m not sure what will happen first. Will it be light in the morning when I walk to the train, or they will finish this building?
City of Roses Motel: wood frames rising.
We have the beginnings of a wall. You can see that the back side of the building wall is mostly framed.
City of Roses Update. Hard concrete.
It’s hard enough that I see guys walking on it in the mornings.
Now the building begins.
City of Roses update: walls.
Based on where the walls are, it looks like there will be no parking in whatever this will be.
This part of the construction seems to go so slowly. I think it’s probably because the concrete has to set and that takes time.
They started building that building again.
It’s been on ice for several years. The last time I posted about it was in this post in 2009. Soon after, the recession waylaid the plans to get it built, something about not enough occupancy so the bankers pulled the funding. But it’s started again and this monolith is emerging out of the hole.
Building Nostalga: The Record Exhange
O! Record Exchange. How much of my babysitting and minimum-wage earnings did I hand over to you during my teen years? I’m so glad you are still here.
Building Gone
When we last checked in with the site of the former club Satyricon, it was in the process of being torn down. I’m midway through a three week vacation, so I haven’t followed the daily progress, but I happened to be in the neighborhood today and so stopped by to update.
The building is completely gone, debris moved away and there begins to be a hole dug.
If you squint at the above picture you can barely see the little graffito in the middle of nowhere. Below is a closeup. My theory as to how it got painted in the middle of the wall? I think there was a window that was still operable when the building went up and someone opened it and muralized.
Demo of Satyricon
I knew that the Macdonald Center bought the building that housed the club Satyricon and were going to use it to house what used to be Outreach Ministry, before Outreach was absorbed into the Macdonald Center. I know all of this because Matt did a Jesuit Volunteer Year with Outreach and our friend Laurie works there still. What I didn’t realize was that the existing building would be torn down. This is because Outreach has existed in what I refer to as “the unfortunately painted building” in Old Town for quite some time. It’s a bit rough around the edges, so I just assumed that they would perhaps repaint the black facade and move everyone in. So it was quite a surprise to encounter this as I walked from the Max to work:
Even though I’m a great supporter of re-using and re-purposing existing structures, something about demolition of buildings nearly always is exciting to watch. Here we can see the last few hours in the life of the doorway.
And here a view of the back side of the building. I hadn’t realized it was as big as it was.
I’m unsure of how this graffito came to be on this wall, but now it is exposed for all to see.
To read more about Satyricon and the new building click here for an Oregonian article. (Demolition begins on building that once housed Satyricon Nightclub. July 27, 2011.)
And here is a link about the final concert at Satyricon. (Portland Nightclub Satyricon says farewell with series of reunion shows. October 16, 2010)